Historical Cost and Prices
Note: Multiplying historical U.S. prices of the period by 15 will result in an approximate value in today's prices. To appreciate the enormous sums with which he was involved and to evaluate Ivar Kreuger it is necessary to factor out inflation. This is done in the text by giving the approximate value in today's money in parentheses. Rather than showing the source used after every conversion into today's values it is provided in this section.
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